Like many councillors I regularly get complaints about people drinking and causing havoc.
Last night’s Newsnight spelt out the cost to us all:

This £2.7bn doesn’t include policing & crime costs.

When you include the wider costs of crime and sick pay, the figure is a staggering:

Meanwhile the number of hospital admissions, as a direct result of alcohol has shot up:

The alcohol companies do not want us to have a discussion about the social costs of alcohol.